About the event
What is it about?
The Gender and Digital Health Webinar Series is a platform to foster new partnerships and co-create knowledge on the gendered dimensions of digital technologies for health, with a focus on the translation of evidence to policy and practice-based learning in low and middle-income countries.
The ‘Digital literacy for women: definitions, measurement, curriculums, and theories of change’ is part of the Gender and Digital Health Webinar Series. It includes:
- Digital literacy definitions, promising approaches and weaknesses in interventions and evidence gaps
- Measurement of digital access and skill – metrics, survey questions and self-reported versus verified data
- Digital skills training – curriculums and content for low literate, low-income women
- Global System for Mobile Communications (GSMA) mobile digital skills alliance: overview and opportunities of collaboration
Who is part of it?
The Gender and Digital Health Webinar Series is organised by a consortium between UNU IIGH, The University of Cape Town and BBC Media Action. This online session will be moderated by Sara Chamberlain, Digital Director of BBC Media Action, India, and will have the participation of Derrick Muneene, Unit Head of Digital Health Capacity Building and Collaboration at WHO HQ; Amnesty LeFevre, Associate Professor of University of Cape Town, South Africa; Osama Manzar, Founder and Director of the Digital Empowerment Foundation; and Lani Jacobs, Insights Manager of Connected Society, M4D – GSMA and Alex Tyers-Chowdhury, Panoply Digital as guest speakers.
Watch the full webinar HERE.